Art
Making Visible the Haunting Absences of Latin America’s Violent History
It has become a common refrain to say we've become desensitized to images of war, bloodshed, and poverty.
Elisa Wouk Almino
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Art
Making Visible the Haunting Absences of Latin America’s Violent History
It has become a common refrain to say we've become desensitized to images of war, bloodshed, and poverty.
News
Tunga, Brazilian Artist Known for His Alchemical and Monumental Work, Dies at 64
On Monday, Tunga, one of Brazil's most prized artists, died of cancer at the age of 64 in Rio de Janeiro, where he resided for most of his life.
News
Brazilian Artists Protest Interim President's Dissolution of Ministry of Culture
Vice President Michel Temer has only just assumed the interim presidency of Brazil, and already he's implementing contentious policies.
Art
Watching Relationships Build and Unravel in Philip Johnson’s Glass House
NEW CANAAN, Conn. — A man and a woman are separated by a grassy hill. He makes one movement — a snap, a jump — and she repeats it. They playfully signal to one another, flirting, perhaps like birds would do.
Art
At Spring Masters, a Glimpse of Precious Artworks Before They Change Hands
The Spring Masters fair preview welcomed its visitors with vases full of fresh magnolias, live classical music, and platters of champagne.
Music
Singing Along with Two Titans of Brazilian Music
My roommate once noted how I only sing in the apartment when we play Brazilian music.
Books
Mining the Unknown in Julian Barnes and John Berger's Essays on Art
Underlying Julian Barnes's and John Berger's respective new collections on art, Keeping an Eye Open and Portraits, is the notion that we're still figuring out how to engage with and portray the past.
Art
Performing Slanderous and Sweet Words Said About Women
On Wednesday evening at the FLAG Art Foundation, men and women — though mostly women — gathered to read from a list of 1,000 words and phrases characterizing women.
Art
The Met Breuer Traces the Unfinished to the Deliberately Incomplete in Western Art
At a press preview earlier this month, Sheena Wagstaff, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s chairwoman for modern and contemporary art, said that “arguably only the Met” could put on a show like Unfinished: Thoughts Left Visible.
Art
Familiar Names but Unexpected Finds at the ADAA Art Show
There's often no rhyme or reason to the selection of art in individual booths at fairs — other than, of course, a gallery's aim to sell well.
Art
Marcel Broodthaers's Fraught Relationship with Words
Do words limit our experience of a given artwork?